Latvia

Official name	Republic of Latvia
Name in local language	Latvijas Republika (lv)
Continent	Europe
Subcontinent	European Union
Population (ranking: 156e)	1,883,008 inhabitants (2023)
Population growth	-0.54 % / year
Area	64,573 km²
Density	29.16 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 95e)	41.154 billions $USD (2022)
GDP/capita (ranking)	21,851 $USD (2022)
GDP growth	2.00 % / year (2022)
Life expectancy (ranking)	74.40 years (2022)
Birth rate	8.50 ‰ (2022)
Fertility rate	1.50 children / woman (2022)
Death rate (ranking)	16.40 ‰ (2022)
Infant mortality rate (ranking)	2.40 ‰ (2022)
Literacy rate	100.00 % (2023)
Official languages	Latvian
Currency	Euro (€ EUR)
HDI (ranking: 53e)	0.863 / 1 (2021)
EPI (ranking)	611.00 (2022)
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
Head of State	President Edgars Rinkēvičs
National Day	18 November (declaration of independence of 1918)
ISO Codes	LV, LVA
Demonym	Latvian
Tourists (ranking)	478,000 people (2021)

Latvia is a North European country member of the European Union since May 2004. Located on the eastern side of the Baltic Sea, it is one of the three Baltic countries, former members of the USSR. It is bordered by Lithuania to the south and Estonia to the north. The country also has land borders in the east with Russia and in the south-east with Belarus. Latvia has been a member of the euro area since January 2014.

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Urban areas (2022)

Urban areas	Population
Riga Maps:  Riga – routière Riga – satellite	1,070,201 inhabitants
Daugavpils	79,120 inhabitants

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Administrative divisions

Regions	Population	Area
Courland (Kurzeme)	243,032 inhabitants	13,607 km²
Latgale	264,857 inhabitants	14,550 km²
Pieriga (Pierīga)	367,266 inhabitants	10,135 km²
Riga	637,971 inhabitants	304 km²
Semigallia (Zemgale)	232,759 inhabitants	10,732 km²
Vidzeme	188,494 inhabitants	15,245 km²

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See also

• Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB)
• Wikipedia - Latvia